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Indian madder

Indian madder noun: rubia cordifolia (munjeet), now widely distributed at tropical and subtropical latitudes in eastern and southern Africa and Asia, growing at elevations up to 3,500 meters.

indian madder: rubia cordifolia (munjeet), now widely distributed at tropical and subtropical latitudes in eastern...
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Noun

Indian madder (uncountable)

  1. Rubia cordifolia (munjeet), now widely distributed at tropical and subtropical latitudes in eastern and southern Africa and Asia, growing at elevations up to 3,500 meters.
  2. Rubia manjith
  3. Houstonia purpurea (syn. Hedyotis umbellata), chay, chay-root

Indian madder meaning in Tamil, Malayalam, Kannada and Sanskrit

Indian madder in Tamil

இரத்தை, மஞ்சிட்டி என்ற நீர்ப்பூடு, மஞ்சட்டி

Indian madder in Malayalam

Indian madder
മഞ്ചട്ടി mañcaṭṭi

Indian madder in Kannada

Indian madder
ಮಂಜಿಷ್ಠ mañjiṣṭha

Indian madder in Sanskrit

Indian madder, Rubia manjith
मञ्जिष्ठा mañjiṣṭhā
More languagesFewer languages
Indian madder in Assamese
মজাঠি mozathi
Indian madder in Nepali
मजिठो majiṭho

Questions about Indian madder

What does Indian madder mean?
Indian madder means rubia cordifolia (munjeet), now widely distributed at tropical and subtropical latitudes in eastern and southern Africa and Asia, growing at elevations up to 3,500 meters.
What is Indian madder in Tamil?
Indian madder in Tamil is இரத்தை, மஞ்சிட்டி என்ற நீர்ப்பூடு, மஞ்சட்டி. See Indian madder meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is Indian madder?
Indian madder is a noun.

Words near Indian madder in the dictionary

  1. Indian lilac
  2. Indian lilacs
  3. Indian liquorice
  4. Indian liquorices
  5. Indian lotus
  6. Indian madder
  7. Indian mahoganies
  8. Indian mahogany
  9. Indian mallow
  10. Indian marking-nut tree
  11. Indian meal

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Indian madder (page history and authors); indian madder (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); മഞ്ചട്ടി (Malayalam) (page history and authors); ಮಂಜಿಷ್ಠ (Kannada) (page history and authors); मञ्जिष्ठा (Sanskrit) (page history and authors); মজাঠি (Assamese) (page history and authors); मजिठो (Nepali) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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